Topics Covered: Achieving a fast full-screen scrolling effect using sprites and manipulating their UV data. Covers vertex structure, project set-up and 2D graphics fundamentals (image grabbing, sprite formation).

Beginner to Intermediate / 9 Pages

Topics Covered: How to make suitable images (rainbow maps) for use with the Rainbow Shading commands built into DarkBASIC Professional and how to use the commands.

Intermediate / 8 Pages

Topics Covered: Detailed use of the point command to retrieve colour values from the screen and how the RGB commands work including colour extraction and manipulation.

Beginner to Intermediate / 7 Pages

Topics Covered: Your only complete guide to all of the data types used in DarkBASIC Professional, their sizes, limits, C++ equivalents and a complete guide to understanding binary, integers, floats and memory structure. Essential reading.

Intermediate / 7 Pages

Topics Covered: You'd be amazed what you can achieve with the humble box command! This covers giving user interfaces a vast overhaul with minimal work, generating colourful textures and more.

Beginner / 10 Pages

Topics Covered: Who hasn't ever dreamed of creating their own role playing game? This tutorial covers one of the most important aspects - building a nice huge dungeon in 3D! Includes map maker utility, loading and map rendering routines. A very good start (but not for complete beginners).

Intermediate / 11 Pages

Topics Covered: A true stallwart of shoot-em-up games, learn how to build your own 2D parallax star field and get a good introduction to User Defined Types at the same time.

Beginner / 6 Pages

Topics Covered: Building on what we learnt in Tutorial 8 we teach you all about memblocks and pixel locking to give our star field a serious boost of speed. Essential (but advanced) reading.

Advanced / 10 Pages

Topics Covered: Learn how and why the 3D environment is initialised when you use sprites in DarkBASIC Professional and how to avoid the "blue background" syndrome.

Beginner / 5 Pages

Topics Covered: It's one of the most important parts of DarkBASIC and yet most people don't even know about it - here we present the Field of View, how to change it and what effect it will have if you do.

Beginner / 7 Pages